Gothic Ivories Project | Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

Diptych, 1 register, 3 arches across (frise d'arcatures; plaquettes) (Front)

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Subject
Religious.

Repository Institution
bresciamusei.com

Brescia, Museo della Città

Inv. 61 (stolen)

Ivory;metal (hinges)

Height: 97mm
Width: 133mm (open)

Wing, left
Death of the Virgin (Dormition); Christ holding the soul of the Virgin; apostles.
Wing, right
Crucifixion; swooning Virgin supported by Holy Women; saint John the Evangelist and onlookers holding scrolls.
Border of dentils. Brickwork or tiled roof.

Koechlin Number: 0518

Koechlin 1924 and Panazza 1968: France, 2nd third of the 14th century.
Vitali 1976: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.

Attribution
Unknown

Hinges
Two modern hinges.

Reverse
Not recorded.

Provenance
Tosio bequest to the Museum in 1846; stolen in 1987.

Bibliography
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924),I, p. 214; II, no. 518.
G. Panazza, La Pinacoteca e i Musei di Brescia (Bergamo, 1968), p. 74.
L. Vitali, Avori gotici francesi (Milan, 1976), no. 36.

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